50. Redman-Red Gone Wild [Def Jam]
49. Blockhead-Uncle Tony’s Coloring Book [Ninja Tune]
48. Chromeo-Fancy Footwork [Vice]
47. Scarface-Made [Rap-A-Lot]
46. Andrew Bird-Armchair Apocrypha [Fat Possum]
45. Joe Buhdha Presents Klashnekoff: Lionheart: Tussle With the Beast[Low Life Records/Riddim Killa]
44. Elvis Perkins-Ash Wednesday [XL}
43. Electrelane-No Shouts, No Calls [Pure Records/Beggar's Group]
42. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!-Some Loud Thunder [Self-Released]
41. Camp Lo-In Black Hollywood [Good Hands]
40. The Twilight Sad-Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters [Fat Cat]
39. Madlib-The Beat Konducta Vol. 3-4 [Stones Throw]
38. Tunng-Good Arrows [Full Time Hobby]
37. Dr. Dog-We All Belong [Park the Van]
36. Of Montreal-Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? [Polyvinyl]
35. Wilco-Sky Blue Sky [Nonesuch]
34. The Ponys-Turn the Lights Out [Matador]
33. The Shins-Wincing the Night Away [Sub Pop]
32. Daft Punk-Alive 2007 [Virgin]
31. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings-100 Days, 100 Nights [Dap Tone]
30. Jay-Z -American Gangster [Roc-A-Fella]
29. Citay-Little Kingdom [Dead Oceans]
28. Monkey Swallows The Universe-The Casket Letters [Loose]
27. The Black Lips-Good Evil Not Bad Evil [Vice]
26. Panda Bear-Person Pitch [Paw Tracks]
25. Wu-Tang Clan-8 Diagrams [SRC/Loud]
24. Wooden Shjips-Wooden Shjips [Holy Mountain]
23. The Field-From Here We Go Sublime [Kompakt]
22. Black Moth Super Rainbow-Dandelion Gun [Graveface]
21. The Clientele-God Save the Clientele [Merge]
20. Jens Lekman-Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian]
19. Kanye West-Graduation [Roc-A-Fella]
18. Beirut-The Flying Club Cup [Ba Da Bing]
17. Souvenir-64 [Jabalina]
16. Lupe Fiasco-The Cool [Atlantic]
15. The White Stripes-Icky Thump [Warner Bros]
14. Dalek-Abandoned Language [Ipecac]
13. Okkervil River-The Stage Names [Jagjaguwar]
12. Burial-Untrue [Hyperdub]
11. Aesop Rock-None Shall Pass [Def Jux]
10. Spoon-Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga [Merge]
9. Iron & Wine-The Shepherd’s Dog [Sub Pop]
8. The Besnard Lakes- The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse [Jagjaguwar]
7. Caribou-Andorra [Merge]
6. The National-Boxer [Beggar's Banquet]
5. Dungen-Tio Bitar [Kemado]
4. Ghostface Killah-The Big Dough Rehab [Def Jam]
3. LCD Soundsystem-Sound of Silver [Capitol/DFA]
2. Sunset Rubdown-Random Spirit Lover [Jagjaguwar]
1. El-P- I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead [Def Jux]
